Am I the only one who hates Betrayal at House on the Hill? (Forked Thread)

[Evilhalfling]

I only played the game3 times, and can never remember the name without prompting, but for an occasional game I really enjoyed it. This might change if I played out/read all the scenario.

 

[Gundark]

Closest I can think of is Last Night on Earth: the Zombie Game. Several scenarios, really horror movie theme, and with pretty good mechanics.

Cheers!

I've quoted you before about this game, but I'll do so again for the benifit of those here. LNoE:TZG is a really fun game, for all the above reasons.


As for house of the hill...I'm a little Meh about it, again for the reasons mentioned. However it is a fun game. I really just wished they'd clarify a lot of rules questions that come up during play/balance some of the senarios. It seems rare to find a balanced senario.

 

[Mindseye]

I absolutely love House on the Hill............it's one of those rare games for me that it doesn't seem to matter whether I win, or whether the scenario makes sense, or whether the rules work.

We always laugh so hard at the goofy stuff that happens and in general just have such a good time with it that we break it out for a few games each year.

 

[am181d]

Has someone mentioned that there are revised scenarios available online? Whenever we play, we pull out two massive print outs (one for the good guys and one for the bad guys). I'm not sure where these came from, but my guess is that they're available either through the manufacturer website or BoardGameGeek.com.

 

[Cadfan]

Betrayal at House on the Hill is pretty terrible, sure, but its social, plays quickly, is heavily thematic, and overall is a good way to blow an hour with some friends.

It could be a lot better. I kind of think of it like an old Avalon Hill game, except fun and short.

 

[Wycen]

Some of the funnest moments of the game are the "broken" moments when the tiles don't work and you have to use errata or common sense. And I agree that hearing the story is fun, but I generally don't expect to win. I think once you played or read all the scenarios you would spoil the fun.

 

[stonegod]

Just played it again with some boardgame novices. We played RoboRally first, which they enjoyed, but they both took a shining to House. This was especially true for the player who got immediately stuck in the junk room and was never able to leave... and then became the Traitor. She went from "This game sucks" to "This game rocks!" pretty quick.

That said, I agree its got problems, but its a fun, light game. Next time, however, Last Night on Earth.

 

[Darkwolf71]

The best part of the game is being the traitor. I love it. But, who want's ballanced? It's supposed to be a horror movie game. The best horror movies are sometimes the ones where everyone dies.

Best Betrayal game ever; we pulled the 'Abyss' scenario with less than a dozen room tiles exposed. The house went 'Bye-Bye PDQ and we all went with it.

Is it a pefect game? Nah, but I like it that way.

Last Night on Earth rocks pretty well too.

 

[stevelabny]

Do any of you guys who are underwhelmed want to sell/trade your game for msrp or less? So I can try it and decide if I'm underwhelmed too?

 

[Asmor]

Do any of you guys who are underwhelmed want to sell/trade your game for msrp or less? So I can try it and decide if I'm underwhelmed too?

I traded mine on BGG a while ago for Kingsburg, which I ended up trading for BSG not too much later.